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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of Palestine northeast of the Sea of Galilee in present-day southern Syria.
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Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls.
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Gilead and Bashan from the deep ravine of Jabbok -- became the possession of the Israelites.
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Nowadays the district is chiefly occupied by nomads; to the Hebrews it was known as Bashan, famous for its flocks and oak plantations.
The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala 973-1057 Abu al-Ala al-Maarri 1917
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The Golan is the biblical area known as the Bashan, and the British actually had it and
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The Golan is the biblical area known as the Bashan, and the British actually had it and
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017: 005 There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
The World English Bible (WEB): Joshua Anonymous
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017: 005 There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
The World English Bible (WEB): Anonymous
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Farther on the rocks almost entirely disappear, and there is spread out a beautiful valley, extending far to the south, whose fertility and pasturage attracted the Israelites on their march to Canaan, and which, ever since, has caused the name "Bashan" to be a synonym for "plenty."
My Three Days in Gilead Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel
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Argob, with all Bashan, which is called the land of the giants.”
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Argob, with all Bashan, which is called the land of the giants. "
Theologico-Political Treatise — Part 2 Benedictus de Spinoza 1654
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